Body in car in Houma was homeless man

Published: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.

Last Modified: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 at 11:12 p.m.

A 67-year-old man found dead in an SUV parked in the front yard of a Houma residence last week was a homeless man who crawled into it to sleep, Houma Police said.

The home's residents were out of town and discovered Curtis J. Liner's body in the Chevrolet Tahoe parked in the 1000 block of Grinage Street shortly before 8:30 p.m. last Thursday when they returned, Lt. Dana Coleman said.

A man they hired to fix the car's stereo alerted them to the body, he said.

There were no obvious signs of physical trauma to his body, though Liner, who had lived at 257 Magnolia St., had been dead “for a while,” Coleman said.

Toxicology results for the cause of death have not been released, Terrebonne Coroner's Office Chief Investigator Danny Theriot said.

<p>A 67-year-old man found dead in an SUV parked in the front yard of a Houma residence last week was a homeless man who crawled into it to sleep, Houma Police said.</p><p>The home's residents were out of town and discovered Curtis J. Liner's body in the Chevrolet Tahoe parked in the 1000 block of Grinage Street shortly before 8:30 p.m. last Thursday when they returned, Lt. Dana Coleman said.</p><p>A man they hired to fix the car's stereo alerted them to the body, he said.</p><p>There were no obvious signs of physical trauma to his body, though Liner, who had lived at 257 Magnolia St., had been dead “for a while,” Coleman said.</p><p>Toxicology results for the cause of death have not been released, Terrebonne Coroner's Office Chief Investigator Danny Theriot said.</p>